Yes, as was mentioned, I too have heard that, for determining Easter, they use March 21 as the equinox date.
As for Passover, what I heard was that that used to be part of the Easter calculation, but was dropped by the Catholic Church. ...but that the Eastern Orthodox Church still uses Passover when reckoning Easter. Michael Ossipoff On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 12:00 AM Roger <[email protected]> wrote: > I always thought Easter Sunday was on the first Sunday after the first > full moon after the spring equinox. This year at my location, time zone > PDST, the equinox is at 2:59 pm Wed 20 March 2019. The full moon is about 4 > hours later at 6:43 pm. Why is this Sunday not Easter and Friday not Good > Friday. What about the Passover. It is also a month later. I know setting > the date of Easter was the problem that inspired astronomy but this year > the scientific data and the religious credo do not seem to agree. > > > > Where have I been mislead? (other than finding silly girls posing as > sundials) > > > > Roger Bailey > > Walking Shadow Designs > > N 48.669°, W 123.403° > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > >
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